Fashioning the Body: Versions of the Citizen, the Self, and the Subject

I first fell in love the camera during high school. Wait, scratch that. I first fell in love with making images in middle school taking digital photographs and then altering them digitally. Years later in highschool, I found the black and white dark room and I was sold. Taking photographs since then has almost replaced writing for me. While before I used to write about everything, now I photograph it. Through this new mode of expression and creation, I used the camera to photograph people and to learn about them. Through the use of my camera I have a discussion with light, shadow, focus, and perception. This is my mode of communication. This is my prosthesis. 

Whoopie cushion

The whoopie cushion is here for my amusement. It makes me smile when I'm stressed. Like the camera it creates room for discussion. By blowing it up, and placing it on an unknowing subjects chair, it creates mode of humor. It's lung like shape allows air in silent and out rudely.  It's a simple and cheap way to make a room laugh or become uncomfortable.